Indigenous girls in rural areas live in the most extreme poverty and make up the least educated groups in Peru. These girls face numerous constraints to obtaining an education. Enrollment rates are lower for girls in rural areas, and their grade repetition rates are higher than those for boys.

Face à l'ampleur de l'infection au VIH/SIDA qui est grandissante au niveau de la jeunesse rwandaise, plusieurs mouvements et associations combattant ce fléau sont nés dont le Club anti-sida " LA TROMPETTE".

L'objectif de cette étude est d'identifier, parmi les interventions en cours au Mali pour arrêter l'expansion du VIH/SIDA en milieu scolaire, celle qui semble répondre efficacement à cet objectif.

The terms of reference of this study defined its overall objective as supporting the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (MOESC), to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on its ability to meet its mandate.

This article presents some examples of successful and innovative community-development work which has focused on HIV and gender relations, and gives a personal view of ways in which the danger of HIV can be used as an opportunity to address many issues which have always been there, but which, unt

HIV is widely regarded as a disease of poverty and ignorance. However, within sub-Saharan Africa, more developed countries and sub-populations appear to have higher levels of HIV prevalence.

This is a summary from a power point presentation. The author stresses the need for real change within the education systems of developing countries and focuses on management responses to the following issues: labour, employment and gender, orphans, transition rates and geographic variation.

This research and analysis assesses national and community level initiatives that have the potential to increase primary education access for children who have been orphaned (or made vulnerable) in areas heavily affected by AIDS in the eastern and southern Africa region (ESAR).

This booklet describes the adolescent population of fourteen countries in terms of their demographic profile such as their poulation size, age of marriage, educational attainment, employment, and health, among others.

This document points out the apparent connection between gender-based violence and the high incidence of AIDS. Although it is difficult to obtain completely accurate data, there are many cases of pregnancies, STDs and HIV/AIDS in schools and among young women.